St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-29
The Congregational Club Dis
cusSeS a Paper on "Im-
moral Advertising"
Doings in the Social World
Summary of One Days
Local News.
TWELVE GOOD MEN.
One Day Devoted TO Getting a
Jury to Try Emerson Williams
For Murder.


physiognomy. Were you born in this
city? How long have you lived here?
What is your buSiness?"
challenged for implied biaS-Were
YOU on the corOner's jury? Were you
member of the grand jury which in
dicted the prisoner"
Challenge for actual bias-Have you
ever heard OF the case? Did what you
read in the papers have any impression
upon YOU? Could you try this case
fairly and impartially and without
prejudice to either side, and give YER
diet in accordance with the testimony?
Have you any feeling or prejudice
against the African race? If this man
was put upon the stand to testify for
himself. would you have the same con-
fidence in his testimony as in that of
any white man?"
The triers, G.. ID. 0'Brien, o. NJ. Met
calf and Frank Ford, looked OIL YEARLY,
while Clerk BaZ Armstrong rested upon
his desk, or lay back in his easy chair,
and Judge Kelly wore kind of victim
lied air.
1--WE no questions" Prosecuting At
torney Egan made effort enough TO say.
''Tfe juror will be SWORN said the
court. and as Clerk Armstrong was put
ting the oath, Attorney McDOugall
whispered in Attorney Williams ear.
'.Peremptory challenge" shouted Mr..
Williams, before the closing Teverent
phrase of the oath was uttered, and the
audience Uttered as the might-have
been juror retired.
This sort of proceeding was going on
all the afternoon from 2p. m. until
4:4O, with the occasional exception that
Mr.. Williams would once in while
submit his challenge to the trierS. 1t
was the preliminarieS fer opening the
trial of the Emerson Williams murder
case, and the court adjourned as soon
as the list of twelve jurors. good men
and true. was completed. The prison.
er's shining black face was a picture of
lively interest, and there was the large
crowd in the court room which every
cold day brings forth. Judge Egan will
open the prosecution this morning.
On the 18th of last August two cOlGred
Asphalt Paving company, on Park ave-
nue.. near the Manitoba tracks, got into
quarrel. 1t commenced by one man
throwing hot sand upon another. Sand
throwing went to words; an outsider in
= terfered; words became cusS-wOrdS,
: then blows, and, becoming enraged. one
. of the twain, James Byas, struck VIII
Jams with shovel. Williams drew his
2 revolver and shot five times at his as
=
! in ByaS' abdomen. ByaS fingered for
about two weeks. Williams was sub
tseauently indicted by the grand jury
for murder.
~. HAL REDS CASE.
Hal Reid'S case is to come up after
z that of Emerson Williams is disposed of.
One of the witnesses for the prOSecu-
ton, George Allen, the late manager of
the West Side opera house, to whom it
is alleged Reid wrote admitting his guilt,
is dead.
SUPREME COURT.
Two decisions were passed in by
Judge Dickinson. of the supreme court,
yesterday, the Syllabi of which were as
follows:
State of Minnesota eX rel. John Y. KEN
erer, relator. vs.. Charles E. Gurley,
respondent.
Syilabus-A special law of 1887, de-
taching the city of OTtOnville from the
township of OrtOnville, held not uncOn-
stitutional, it not appearing that it had
the effect of depriVing the people of the
opportunity of holding the general town
elections for that year. The city, after
being so detached, was entitled to have
its own assessor. and the assessor of the
township is not entitled todiSchaTge the
duties of city assessor. Judgment for
the respondent. DICKINSON, j.
Nelson Jesmer. appellant, VS.. Charles
ii. RineS, respondent.
SyllabuS-A contract of sale of all the
logs at ID. bearing designated mark,
the Yendee to pay Il specified sum per
thousand feet, for 275, $40 feet, more or
less, scaled in the boom of NJ and L, at
P" construed as providing that the
quality of the logs. supposed to be about
273, $40 feet. should be determined by
of ia n
the aggregate price should be deter
mined thereby. In an action by the
vendor to recover the price, held that
in the absence of any averment or proof
of the scaling of the logs at p, or that
the contract had been changed or that
the provision for such scaling had been
dispensed with in any manner, the
plaintiff could not recover. Order
affirmed. DICKINSON, j.
MINOR BRIEFS.
The replevin suit of William Erdman
against Joseph Willis and Louis Menke.
to recover the value of a $50 horse,
went to the plaintiff. Judgment for
plaintiff was also allowed by Judge
Brill in the action of the PrOvident Life
and Trust company, of Philadelphia,
against A. r. Capehart to recover on
promiSsory note for $3.50.
Horace f. Thompson has begun suit
against frankie A. Schumacher and
Henry Schumacher, her husband, to
forecloSe mortgage on land in HOyt's
addition. and property on Broadway.
The mortgage is alleged to have been
given to TheO l.. Schumacher, who
transferred a note of $1,000 to plaintiff.
George K. Kent has commenced an
action against Fred W. Little, Homer
II. HOyt. ct al, to make Judgment of
S377 a lien upon certain property in
College Place, West division, and to set
aside certain cOnYeyanceS of the prop
erty made subsequent to the rendering
of the judgment.
Allen Cameron sues William Bickel,
one of the suretieS on the bonds of Con-
tractors Folsom q Murray, for S1.77I49,
for granite furnished to the contractors
in the Sherburne avenue, Summit ave
nue. and the Wac0uta street paving
contracts. He als0 sues S. p. Folsom
for s.. S37.
The United States prisoner, Jarvis
Howard. convicted of fleeing a half
breed widow out of pension money
amounting to several hundred dollars,
and who was fined $500, will have
hearing before Commissioner McCaf-
ferty to-day on the poor debtors oath.
John Lauderdale has begun a suit
against Called ID. DoFr and others, to
ascertain the nature of certain adverse
claims of DORIS co-defendants. TO land
in Lauderdale's East Side addition to
Minneapolis.
The case of &. J. \. Carlson against
the Chicago. ST. Paul. Minneapolis Il
Omaha Railway company for $500 for
Injuries received while coupling cars
was dismissed.
A tran script of docket for judgment
of $3.50, in favor of Nicholas Berg
and against Nicholas Gross, garnishee
of Peter J. Gross, was filed from Henne-
pin county.